The Adventure of the Cardboard Box by Arthur Conan Doyle
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"The Adventure of the Cardboard Box" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a short story first published in January 1893. When Miss Susan Cushing receives a parcel containing two severed human ears preserved in salt, Scotland Yard dismisses it as a student prank. But Sherlock Holmes sees evidence of a darker crime. Through careful observation and deduction, he uncovers a tragic tale of jealousy, betrayal, and passion that connects the gruesome package to
a doomed marriage and a vengeful scheme gone terribly wrong. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Adventure of the Cardboard Box |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventure_of_the_Cardboard_Box |
| Credits | Produced by David Brannan. HTML version by Al Haines. |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character) -- Fiction |
| Subject | Private investigators -- England -- Fiction |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 2344 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2000 |
| Last Update | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 656 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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